Sentences with phrase «seat gain for»

Combine a wider target list with the large number of Republican incumbents already heading into retirement (26 and counting) as well as the massive cash edge the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has over its GOP counterpart and a double - digit seat gain for Democrats starts to seem like a real possibility.

More likely results are a one seat gain for Democrats (e.g. Heller), a two seat gain for Republicans (e.g. lose Heller but gain the seats of Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana; three Democrats known for the weakness of their 2012 Republican opponents), or a nine seat gain (e.g. every state votes for Senator as it voted for president in 2016).

Not exact matches

Given that the opinion polls at the moment have a small Conservative lead and given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere else.

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

The contacts and experience she gained while moonlighting ensured that within minutes of Jim Prentice's resignation in 2010, Rempel received a call encouraging her to run for the Conservative nomination for his seat.

Tim Phillips, the President of Americans for Prosperity who was presenting with Seidel, noted that Democrats only need to gain 24 seats in the House of Representatives to regain the majority — and he views 80 seats as competitive.

After Yanukovych's ouster, Manafort helped to rebrand his party into the Party of Regions, and made it possible for the party to gain more seats than expected in Ukraine's parliamentary elections.

Transat is also surveying other airlines for examples of gaining more revenues from ancillary fees such as checked baggage, reserved seating and other measures already in place in Canada.

Jilted suitor for the Vancouver Canucks finally gains a seat at the NHL governors» table with his purchase of the Dallas Stars.

When U.S. executives want to gain a board seat overseas, many recognize the challenges of cultural and language differences and adjust for them in the interview process.

An earlier exit poll indicated that the center - right alliance would gain between 248 to 268 seats in the lower house of parliament, short of the 316 needed for a majority.

It proved a good move for the Conservatives, who gained 25 seats and formed a new minority government, as well as for the New Democrats, who added 10 MPs.

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In order for the Democrats to seize control of the House, they would have to gain 24 seats.

In 1998, for the first time, the BJP gained more seats in parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress party.

For many years I have struggled with deep seated doubts about Protestantism which clings so blindly to the Reformation's Sola Scriptura overreaction which gained its foothold at a time when «enlightenment» was only just beginning to teach us how to sign our names other than with an «X».

Cologne fans are believed to have been forced to wait outside the stadium later than the scheduled time, due to an unprecedented amount of fans trying to gain entry into the arena, and the extra time is in order to dispense the overgrown crowd and allow ticketed supporters to get to their seats in time for kick - off.

Pochettino has insisted that Tottenham will not gain an advantage from playing the semifinal at Wembley Stadium, their temporary home for the season but he admitted the 90,000 - seater arena now feels like home.

Since this guy obviously doesn't have data to back up his claim, I have to wonder what his real motive is — for example, does he stand to gain financially if more care seats are sold?

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But Democrats are also playing defense in the northern suburbs of New York City and for the Queens seat held by Sen. Joe Addabbo, which could hinder their chances of gaining an upper hand.

This is salutary reminder that the political significance of numbers of gains and losses depends very much on the numbers of seats up for election.

«Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives or UKIP, or whoever, to gain more seats from them.

Before 3 May, officials were privately hoping for gains of around 550 seats and a popular vote share in the region of 40 per cent.

At the same time, the WFP had blasted Cuomo on the night of Election Day for not doing more to help Senate Democrats, who did not gain full control of the chamber after a trio of freshman lawmakers lost their seats to Republicans.

Noteworthy winner: Steven Woolfe, Ukip's man in the City, snuck in with the final seat to get a second gain for Nigel Farage's party.

The answer for the losing parties is to work harder to win more votes» From 2005 to 2010 the Lib Dems gained votes nationally... and lost seats.

Nigel Farage failed to gain the seat he stood for, but seems set to continue as UKIP leader.

The same's true with three extra seats on the govering NEC for a membership that's soared to 569,000 (more than every other British political party combined) though an additional union place going to an Usdaw shopworkers on the Right of the party translates into a net gain of two in Corbyn's slim majority.

A net result of no gains and no losses or just picking up a handful of new seats will represent failure for a party that needs something spectacular to catapult it back into the national conversation.

Although I don't have the precise figures available Lab gained roughly two seats from the Tories for every three they took off Lib Dems.

Democratic county chairs in New York's 19th District are meeting Saturday to select their candidate of choice in a must - win seat for the party to make gains in the House.

Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky outlines the fight for control of state Senate seats on Long Island, where Senate Democrats are hoping to win enough elections to gain a majority in the chamber.

[71] The English Democrats gained another parish council seat when Mick Glynn was elected for the Dunsville ward of Hatfield Town Council, Doncaster.

For, judging by this year's local election results, Labour is now in dire straits in his own seat, Norwich South — while the Green Party is in pole position to gain the seat.

But it's still unlikely that Democrats will gain the 30 seats they need for a majority, even with Donald Trump's volatility at the top of the ticket.

Regular readers will recall that the Magic Number — the difference between the number of Conservative and Labour seats in the House of Commons, and therefore the combined number of net Tory losses and net Labour gains needed for the parties to have the same number of MPs after the next election — is 46.

Under First Past the Post this would likely be disastrous for them, splitting the Labour vote and allowing the Conservatives (or UKIP, or whoever) to gain more seats from them.

Labour will expect to make gains, but with all seats up for election the result in Britain's second city is worth watching.

Historically, on a good election night for the Tories, the Liberals always do badly — Clegg's only chance of gaining seats will be from Labour in the North because he will certainly lose seats to the Tories in the South.

My forecasting model for seat gains / losses at local elections has previously been a simple model based on change in party support in the polls.

They were partly compensated for by gains of 6 seats from Labour, 1 from the Liberal Democrats, 1 from UKIP in England.

And in the 7th Senate District, which was an open seat and considered the Democrats best chance for a gain, they did only slightly better than in 2012.

The 2010 class was a good year for Republicans with a net gain of six seats over 2004.

One of the most revealing takes was Dave Weigel's breakdown of the states destined to gain Congressional seats vs. the party in control of the redistricting process — not so pretty for Dems.

The Hudson Valley seat is a top target for Democrats looking to make gains in the House.

[96] Following the results, Sturgeon claimed that the election was a «clear and emphatic victory for the SNP», despite the large number of seats gained by the Scottish Conservatives.

Mr. Powell, running for Congressman Charles Rangel's upper Manhattan and Bronx - based seat, argued that his age would allow him to remain in Congress long enough to gain seniority like Mr. Rangel, 85, and Mr. Powell's own father, Adam Clayton Powell.

For example, in 2011, the SNP lost 2 regional seats in Central Scotland due to their 5 constituency seat gains.